Recent content by youcancallmeAl

Strategically, it would make sense for her to wait until the annual firing season (during and after the next ncaa tourney) to have many more options. She consistently finish third in the SEC and made some Sweet Sixteens. That wasn't good enough for Tennessee, but it would be good enough for...

I doubt it was the final straw. That was just one game, and we were highly competitive with the best team and best coach in the country. I hope that White doesn't make a one game "shouldawonit" a significant part of his decision. Kellie was fired for poor high school recruiting and a history...

Good point. One thing needs saying: Mears played a 1-3-1 zone almost 100% of the time, which meant that his players sorta rested on defense. Except for Bill Hann (mentioned above) who often was put on the best scorer of the opponent (he used to hold Pete Maravich to way under his usual...

Tom was a five, Grant was a four. Tom had a pro career with Chicago I think. But I wouldn't put him on the team of UT best, unless as depth.

That ump was trash. Had zero understanding of the strike zone.

Jon was the reason for EVERY SINGLE ONE of the problems in Kellie's program, whether it was coaching, recruiting, post play, guard play, ticket sales, injuries, missed free throws, rebounding problems, etc.

When you have a lead to work with you're told: Whatever you do, don't walk anyone. Throw strikes and let the chips fall as they may. Solo homers don't beat ya. And they didn't. But if he had walked people right before the homers, different story. He didn't relinquish the lead it the end...

At 6-2, she could be the back of the defense charged with guarding the basket. She's an excellent three point shooter, so she fits that need. But she is a slower runner and not real quick on defense.

You never know what they'll hit. I once saw a downtown office tower construction job stopped cold because the drillers found some mastodon bones. Stopped construction for a couple years while they dug them all up.

Shhhhhhh. You might give Danny more ideas for fund raising - rename the streets!!

There's a reason most of the northern schools have fake turf and the southern ones don't. It's called winter weather.

This is a serious issue you raise. I'm an old white man and I can understand it, even though I routinely get annoyed when people make EVERYTHING about race. But, the issue your raise IS part of the dynamics in our society these days. The question isn't whether it should or should not be our...

I'm trying to talk the truth as I see it. Not trying to flog or stone anyone. And I don't think Kellie is mediocre. After all, her teams finished third almost every year in the 14 team SEC, so she is definitely a better P5 coach than most. I have no animus towards her or the her hiring...

Not dancing on anyone's grave. I like Kellie very much and hoped beyond hope she would succeed. I supported and defended her through five years, as I said I would for all of those years. I could have maybe supported one more year, but ultimately think that would have not made a difference...

Blaming an assistant coach for failure is not getting the point. ALL of it - the good and bad - goes back to the head coach.